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Independent Lens

They Call Us Monsters

Season 18, Episode 18 of 20

This film takes viewers behind the walls of the Compound, the facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals. To their advocates, they're kids. To the system, they're adults. To their victims, they're monsters. Also included is the short film "FACING LIFE" which follows the sad and startling story of Cyntoia Brown, who is serving a life sentence for a murder she committed at the age of 16."

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5/22/2017
10 p.m.
PBS 6
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